1. Li Lei often helps me ________ my English after school.   

2. We have worked for a long time. Shall we ______ a rest?   

3. The bookshop is ________ at 10:00 p.m.   

4. He can speak __________ two foreign languages.   

5. Beijing is one of the ________ cities in China.   

6. This little boy keeps _________ strange questions.   

7. I am very glad _________ that everything goes well.  

8. If everyone drives ________, there will be fewer accidents.   

9. There are all kinds of __________ in the zoo.  

10. The football club ________ in 1990s.  

I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t have much to offer.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in. I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unluckily, it didn’t often work out. I was getting very tired. Because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that I could have a success, even if I am not top of the class at school.
【小题1】What do you think of the writer when she was a student?